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Over 1.2 million people in England have a learning disability and face significant health inequalities compared with the rest of the population. People with a learning disability and autistic people across all ages have the right to the same opportunities as anyone else to live satisfying and valued lives, and to be treated with dignity and respect. This includes access to a home of their own within their community, and being able to develop and maintain relationships, and have the support needed to live healthy, safe and rewarding lives.
Delivery areas
Our key delivery areas across learning disability and autism at HEE include:
- The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
- Learning Disability projects
- Autism projects
- Education and skills development opportunities
- Workforce
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Contact us
For general enquires about any of the information or work discussed on this page, email the national learning disability and autism team learning.disability@hee.nhs.uk.
For all parliamentary enquiries, contact parliamentary@hee.nhs.uk
For all media and press enquiries, contact pressoffice@hee.nhs.uk
Stakeholder database
The HEE Mental Health, Learning and Autism programmes are designed to help our healthcare partners train and shape the NHS workforce to improve services and care for patients and users. You can now keep up to date with our work and receive regular newsletters. The newsletter updates will include:
- latest published and forthcoming reports
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- online and face to face events
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- latest news, features, and stories
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